Seven New Single Malts To Look Out For

Want some summer Scotch? Try Aberlour A'Bunadh on the rocks.
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Check Out These Affordable And Recently Released Scotch Single Malts By Richard Thomas Unlike in the United States, when the hotly anticipated limited releases and many brand new items are often timed to come out in the autumn, new Scotch whiskies come out steadily all year around. Even people in the business sometimes find it… Continue reading Seven New Single Malts To Look Out For

Top 5 Bourbons Under $30

Wild Turkey 101,
bourbon's #1 bargain
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The Best Bargains To Be Had In Bourbon Whiskey By Richard Thomas Modern bourbon is a pretty fluid thing, pun half-intended. The demands of popularity cause brands to change and prices to rise. This is so much so that our original take on bargain bourbons, little more than a year old, is now partly out… Continue reading Top 5 Bourbons Under $30

Five Fun Facts About Moonshine

Moonshining is still illegal
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By Richard Thomas Moonshine has an almost mythological quality to it. The liquor’s illicit mystique is so embedded in American culture that it’s the stuff of films, songs and television, but surprisingly few Americans (and even fewer foreigners) have ever had a sip of the stuff. The rise of legal moonshine has exposed more people… Continue reading Five Fun Facts About Moonshine

Best Whiskeys For Dad This Year

Monkey Shoulder
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Giving The Gift Of Whiskey On Father’s Day 2016 By Richard Thomas I imagine whiskey for Father’s Day means more to me than most opining on the subject this year, because unlike a lot of those other guys, I’m actually a father, and a relatively new father at that. H.L. Mencken once wrote: “No married… Continue reading Best Whiskeys For Dad This Year

Scorching Summer American Whiskey Releases

Summer 2016 Bourbon Releases

By Richard Thomas Autumn is generally thought of as the most important time of year for whiskey releases, with all the hotly anticipated annuals from Heaven Hill, Four Roses and Buffalo Trace coming out in a window just a couple of months wide. Summer, on the other hand, is often associated with the doldrums of… Continue reading Scorching Summer American Whiskey Releases